History TheReasonYouSuckSpeech / TheDCU

* In ''Batman - One Bad Day'':

* In ''Batman - One Bad Day: Mr. Freeze'', Batman gives Mr. Freeze a vicious one, calling him out for keeping Nora in a cryogenic slumber out of his own selfishness while disregarding her desire to be euthanized and his general possessiveness.

--> '''Batman:''' She deserved better. You didn't want to share her with the world ''ever''. [[SecretlySelfish You put her in the ice for you, not for her. And there was never a way out, was there?]]

* In ''ComicBook/BatgirlRebirth'', ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} berates Kai for putting deliberately in danger the girl he claims to love:

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** In ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'', Superman gives one to his cousin after ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} went off on him, pointing out that she's clung to her anger for so long that she can't get rid of it now, and she always pushes him away even though she constantly complains that she's alone:
--->'''Superman:''' You know what, Kara? Ever since you showed up on Earth, you've been trying to get me to do one thing — leave you alone to let you live your own life. You've been so focused on just being angry — yes, you lost your home, and that's terrible, but you can't bring it back.\\
'''Supergirl:''' What are you saying?\\
'''Superman:''' You've been choosing anger instead of acceptance for so long that you've become anger. You want to be your own person? Good. Be your own person. I just hope you like who you turn out to be.
** ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'': Supergirl gave a short and blunt speech to Batgirl after the latter insulted her family and her idealistic mindset:
--->'''Supergirl:''' They mean the world to me: Lex... my family...\\
'''Batgirl:''' Spare me! The Society's not a family. It's the gods of Olympus looking down on the little people below. You have no clue what real life is!\\
'''Supergirl:''' And you do? Living like a worm underground?
** In ''ComicBook/Supergirl2005'', Lois Lane gives Catherine Grant a very scathing - and very accurate - speech, calling Cat out on having become a war-mongering tool.
--->'''Lois Lane:''' Are you even a '''reporter''', Cat? Don't you have a '''shred''' of integrity? Or is '''pandering''' with lies and innuendo just that much '''easier''' for you? This '''isn't''' journalism! It's '''PROPAGANDA'''! And '''that''' makes you a '''tool'''. How you can '''stand''' to look at yourself in the mirror, Cat?
** Superman delivers one of these to Lana Lang after she detonated a thousand kryptonite bombs around the world, an action that nearly made the planet uninhabitable not only to Superman, but to anyone with Kryptonian DNA, including ComicBook/PowerGirl, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, ComicBook/{{Superboy}}, and Krypto. After the radioactive mess is cleaned up, Supes has a chat with Lana.
--->'''Superman:''' You might wonder sometimes -- I know I have -- what life would have been like had we... had you and I... Had it been '''you''' instead of Lois. And you might have wondered why it '''wasn't''' you instead of Lois... Lois would never have pushed that button.
** In ''ComicBook/SupermanUpUpAndAway'', Superman gives one to Lex Luthor.
--->'''Superman:''' You once said that you could perform miracles -- ''transform'' the world -- if only you didn't have to deal with ''me''. Well, you ''didn't'', not for a year. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion And what did you]] ''[[ArmorPiercingQuestion do?]]'' Found yourself a ''big, destructive machine'' so you could break things. What have you ever done but ''destroy'', Luthor? But ''enrich'' yourself, and ''pretend'' to be doing good?
** In ''ComicBook/KryptonNoMore'', Superman gives the speech to a corrupt businessman who is more concerned with making a profit than his employees' health:
--->'''Superman:''' Hold it! Men are dying, Kalmbach — getting cancer from working in your vats — and you say that risk is acceptable? NO! People like you are destroying this planet, killing its people, ruining its future — and for WHAT? Profit — Greed — and some sick illusion called "Progress"!
** In ''Comicbook/WarWorld'', Comicbook/MartianManhunter chews Franchise/{{Superman}} out for being too arrogant and impulsive.
--->'''Superman:''' Forgive me, J'onn... Looks like I failed you!\\
'''Martian Manhunter:''' No, not me, Superman —It's the entire universe that will have to pay the price of your failure! I warned you that you were dealing with forces beyond your comprehension — but you were just too overconfident — too egotistical — to listen!
** ''Comicbook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004'': Superman gives Darkseid one of these:
--->'''Superman:''' Of course, none of what I've said has any meaning to you. You only know death. A blackness that has brought you nothing.\\
'''Darkseid:''' It has made me a god.\\
'''Superman:''' No. It has made you vulnerable.
** In ''ComicBook/WhoTookTheSuperOutOfSuperman''
*** Morgan Edge tries to bully Clark Kent into compliance, but for once Clark isn't getting it:
---->'''Morgan Edge:''' No backtalk, Kent! I call the shots around here and when I decide I need a man to do a report from Chile that man goes to Chile-- hear me talking, Kent?\\
'''Clark Kent:''' But, Mr.Edge, I...\\
'''Morgan Edge:''' I don't care what you've got going next week--\\
'''Clark Kent:''' But...\\
'''Morgan Edge:''' I suggest you travel light!\\
'''Clark Kent:''' Hold your flapping mouth, you barrel of overpriced lard! You might treat your other employees like cattle... But the cattle train stops right here!
*** Superman delivers one to Xviar after foiling his scheme to destroy Earth:
---->'''Superman:''' The instant I defeated Amalak and Brainiac, you switched bodies with Amalak, knowing I would imprison him far from Earth... where your superiors would soon release you! Only they won't bother freeing a failure! You'll stay here... along with the real Amalak!
** In ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman'', the titular villain attempts to murder Supergirl after framing her for murder and [[BullyingADragon finds she's bitten more than she can chew]]. Superwoman asks for mercy but she only gets an enraged retort in return:
--->'''Supergirl:''' You're asking for mercy? Like Agent Liberty got?! Like poor Mister Henderson!? Like my father!? You don't deserve mercy, you deserve a beating!
** In issue #26 of her book from the 2000s, ComicBook/PowerGirl faces a villain named Rana whose planet Aranta was enslaved by warlords. She fled to Earth and drains the abilities of Power Girl whom she had concluded was the most powerful female hero of Earth. Rana claims that her actions are for her people but Power Girl doesn't buy it:
--->'''Power Girl''': Oh, cut the crap. You don't want to be a hero. You want to be ''super''.\\
'''Rana''': What's that supposed to mean?\\
'''Power Girl''': This isn't about your people at all. [[ItsAllAboutMe This is about you]]. [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist If all you really cared about was helping your people, you would have gone about this in a vastly different way.]]\\
'''Rana''': I'm doing this to save my people!\\
'''Power Girl''': That's what you tell yourself. [[BelievingTheirOwnLies But much smarter people than you have deluded themselves into thinking they're helping everyone else, when really they're just helping themselves]]. A guy named Lex comes to mind. Ever heard of him?\\
'''Rana''': How dare you? What makes you so sure?\\
'''Power Girl''': Because a hero doesn't hurt other people to get what she wants. There's a name for people who do that. They're called villains.
** In ''ComicBook/AMindSwitchInTime'', Superman finally reaches his rage-breaking point and beats Lex Luthor up while pointing how stupid and short-sighted Lex really is.
--->'''Superman:''' No, we can't have trash like you cluttering the streets-- or wouldn't you love to have someone trip over you and get hurt? Isn't that what you live for... Menacing innocent people with your insane gimmicks? Face it, Lex Luthor... The future would be better off without you! You're a menace! Look at your latest trick! Or did you ever stop and think what would happen to the world without a Superman to protect it? All the disasters the future holds that only I could handle? I'd be doing the world a favor by putting an end to you right now... Before you grow up to be an even greater menace!
** ''ComicBook/TheKillersOfKrypton'': Kara cuts off Empress Gandelo's self-righteous rant by stating she is one of the worst monsters she has ever met.
--->'''Supergirl''': I've fought my fair share of monsters in my time-- But you are neck and neck with Darkseid on the pure evil scale. Tell me, Gandelo, how do you drown out the screams of your victims? Do they haunt you? Because the voices of Krypton-- of Kandor-- I hear them always. And I do this for them! They demand justice.
** In ''ComicBook/StrangersAtTheHeartsCore'', Klax-Ar -a Kryptonian criminal who attempted to blow Krypton up but failed and lost his natural powers in the process-, demands Supergirl transfers her powers to him on grounds of being worthier of them than her. Supergirl rapidly fires back he is not entitled to have powers, no matter how big his delusions are.
--->'''Klax-Ar:''' You have no right to Kryptonian powers! But I-- I am a native-born Kryptonian! Power is mine by inheritance!\\
'''Supergirl:''' Bunk! You sold your birthright when you turned against your home planet!
** In ''ComicBook/TheHuntForReactron'', the eponymous and usually smug villain begs for mercy when he is being beaten up by Flamebird. Flamebird mercilessly denounces him as a coward, unrepentant bully who preys on the weak mercilessly and grovels when he is facing a superior foe.
--->'''Reactron:''' Stop... Please...\\
'''Flamebird:''' No. Murderer of my people. You deserve no mercy. You show no remorse, no pity. The sincerity of your words is birthed of cowardice and hatred, nothing more. And I shall not suffer you to exist.
** In ''ComicBook/TheGirlWithTheXRayMind'', the Phantom Zone criminals give Lex Luthor powers and talk him into allying himself with them to take Superman and Supergirl down. Of course, they fully intend to betray him before long. Nonetheless, Lex Luthor anticipates and ruins their plans, calling them out on being foolish enough to talk about doble-crossing him where he could hear them.
--->'''Kru-El:''' But I thought the Gold Kryptonite had taken away their super-powers!\\
'''Lex Luthor:''' Fools! Did you really think I'd bring you Gold Kryptonite after my Super-Hearing detected you plotting against me? You tried to double-cross me, so I decided to work with Supergirl against you!
** ''ComicBook/WorldOfKrypton2021'': During an argument, General Zod complains that Jor-El regards soldiers as savages, despite them using his science to protect Krypton.
--->'''Dru-Zod:''' ''"All that science. All that progress. Where do you think it ends up? I've fired your science from the barrel of a weapon more times than I can remember. Than I want to remember! I know what I've done and to whom! Do you?"''\\
'''Jor-El:''' ''"..."''\\
'''Dru-Zod:''' ''"You love to lecture. To drown others in words. Two years ago, I saved your life. Today I saved your name. You know what two words I've never heard from you? 'Thank you.'"''
** In Part 7 of "[[ComicBook/SupermanPhillipKennedyJohnson The Warworld Saga]]", Superman finishes off his PatrickStewartSpeech to Mongul with
--->'''Superman''': And you say that ''I've'' learned nothing? I've never seen such ''blindness''. Such ''arrogance''. You think caring for others is a ''weakness'', but ''underestimating'' them is yours. That's why we'll win.

* ''ComicBook/TheSandman'': Morpheus gives a damning one to the First Corinthian:

--->'''Superman:''' You once said that you could perform miracles -- ''transform'' the world -- if only you didn't have to deal with ''me''. Well, you ''didn't''. Not for a year. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion And what did you]] ''[[ArmorPiercingQuestion do?]]'' Found yourself a ''big, destructive machine'' so you could break things. What have you ever done but ''destroy'', Luthor? But ''enrich'' yourself, and ''pretend'' to be doing good?

--->'''Superman:''' You've always claimed you could make this world a paradise if I weren't around to stop you. You had a year without me around. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion What have you done?]]

* Delivered to ComicBook/BlueBeetle (Ted Kord) by many other superheroes who did not belive him in the lead up to ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis, including Superman and Martian Manhunter. It makes you wonder how pathetic a hero has to be before [[TheCape Superman]] decides to give him one of these. And how horrific it must have been when everyone discovered he was the OnlySaneMan and had in fact figured out the entire OMAC conspiracy... getting a bullet to the head for his troubles.

** ''Comicbook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'': Superman gives Darkseid one of these:

* ''ComicBook/{{DCeased}}'': [[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy Olsen]] chews [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] out for [[DrivenByEnvy wallowing in his envy of Superman]], using his intellect on endless schemes to hurt him and hating [[HopeBringer him]] for being more human than Lex could ever be.

* In ''ComicBook/AquaMan'' Vol. 8 Issue 64 ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} insults Ocean Master after he demands ComicBook/{{Mera}} to relinquish the throne to himself:

* ComicBook/TheSandman: Morpheus gives a damning one to the First Corinthian:

* ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'':
** In ''Comicbook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' Superman gives one to his cousin after Supergirl went off on him, pointing out that she's clung to her anger for so long that she can't get rid of it now, and she always pushes him away even though she constantly complains that she's alone:

** In ''[[ComicBook/Supergirl2005 The Hunt for Reactron]]'', ComicBook/LoisLane gives Catherine Grant a very scathing - and very accurate - speech, calling Cat out on having become a war-mongering tool.

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** Superman delivers one of these to ComicBook/LanaLang after she detonated a thousand kryptonite bombs around the world, an action that nearly made the planet uninhabitable not only to Superman, but to anyone with Kryptonian DNA, including ''Comicbook/PowerGirl'', ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'', ''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}'', and ''[[ComicBook/KryptoTheSuperdog Krypto]]''. After the radioactive mess is cleaned up, Supes has a chat with Lana.
--->'''Superman:''' [[WhatMightHaveBeen You might wonder sometimes]] -- I know I have -- what life would have been like had we... had you and I... Had it been '''you''' instead of [[Comicbook/LoisLane Lois]]. And you might have wondered why it '''wasn't''' you instead of Lois... Lois would never have pushed that button.
** In ''ComicBook/SupermanUpUpAndAway'', Superman gives one to ComicBook/LexLuthor.

** In ''Comicbook/KryptonNoMore'', Superman gives the speech to a corrupt businessman who is more concerned with making a profit than his employees' health:

--> '''Dinah Lance:''' Stop. I said Stop. Ollie, I didn't come here for any answers or explanations. And I certainly didn't come for any more of your apologies. You've always found a way to put things between us. Now, this glass is making it literally true.\\

'''Dinah Lance:''' I'm talking about you, Ollie. The way you always managed to find some way to mess it all up.\\

'''Dinah Lance:''' It goes back to our days in Seattle. We were perfectly happy— so you started talking about getting married and having a family. You let me feel guilty for not wanting to have children. Then ashamed for not being able to. But the truth is—you never wanted to be a father. You ran out on Connor the day he was born. When that whore of an assassin Shado told you about your other son, Robert, you didn't seem interested there either. Face it, Ollie. Lying about this was just another wedge to drive me away.\\
'''Oliver Queen:''' It wasn't like that, Dinah. I…I killed somebody. Don't you realize that? I murdered Prometheus. I crossed a line, and I can never take it back.\\
'''Dinah Lance:''' Please. You crossed that line a long time ago, Ollie. It's old hat. But I know something you can take back.\\
''[Dinah put down her wedding ring.]''\\
'''Oliver Queen:''' Dinah no.\\
'''Dinah Lance:''' I can't. Out on the streets, I never give up. I never quit. But I can't fight this— not anymore. Deep down, you always wanted to be alone. Congratulations, Ollie. You win.\\
''[Dinah leaves and Oliver looks at her wedding ring.]''

* Quite a few Black Lantern rings in ''Comicbook/BlackestNight'' give these to their targets to force emotional reactions out of them so they can rip their hearts out. They're disturbingly effective since their targets are people who had strong connections to the rings' hosts. The Black Lantern rings also draw on the memories and feelings of their hosts to make these speeches, so their targets can't even dismiss them as liars.

* In ''[[ComicBook/{{Convergence}} Convergence: Speed Force]]'' #2, Wally delivers this to ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}} Franchise/WonderWoman after trying in vain to reason with her. Diana promises that he and his son will die and his daughter will serve in her army. He [[TakeThatScrappy tells her that she is the worst version of Diana in any universe]] and that she does not really know what love is. Wally defeats her with help of his kids.

* In ''ComicBook/GreenLanternRebirth'', John Stewart gave one to Franchise/{{Batman}} after the latter, who had up to that point in the story had been drawn completely in shadow, badmouths Hal one too many times.
--> '''John Stewart:''' I'm ''tired'' of this. I'm tired of the disrespect Batman ''slings'' Hal's way. You've ''always'' had a thing against him, haven't you? And I finally ''see'' why. ''(illuminating Batman with his ring, revealing his true appearance - a man in a costume)'' Hal is the ''one'' person in the ''world'' that didn't ''buy'' what you're ''selling''. Hal was the man ''without fear''. And what is "the Batman" when you're not afraid of him? ''Just a man''.
* ''ComicBook/HalJordanAndTheGreenLanternCorps'': Soranik Natu delivers a particularly scathing one to Kyle Rayner in issue #24 for [[spoiler:hiding from her that Sarko, the villain that he'd killed earlier and whom she was just done ''autopsying'', was actually their son from the future]].
--> '''Soranik:''' You forget that I'm a Natu by name, but a Sinestro by blood. Fear is the family gift. I feel it throbbing inside you. The fear that made you keep your secret. Fear that I wouldn't want to be with you. Fear that I'd be the love you let slip away. You fear a wounded heart! You can't hide from your fear, ''alley rat''.

-->'''Power Girl''': Oh, cut the crap. You don't want to be a hero. You want to be ''super''.
-->'''Rana''': What's that supposed to mean?
-->'''Power Girl''': This isn't about your people at all. [[ItsAllAboutMe This is about you]]. [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist If all you really cared about was helping your people, you would have gone about this in a vastly different way.]]
-->'''Rana''': I'm doing this to save my people!
-->'''Power Girl''': That's what you tell yourself. [[BelievingTheirOwnLies But much smarter people than you have deluded themselves into thinking they're helping everyone else, when really they're just helping themselves]]. A guy named Lex comes to mind. Ever heard of him?
-->'''Rana''': How dare you? What makes you so sure?
-->'''Power Girl''': Because a hero doesn't hurt other people to get what she wants. There's a name for people who do that. They're called villains.

-->'''Cassie''': Did you just call me a thief?
-->'''Vanessa''': Well, that's what you are, aren't you? You stole, my role, my name and my best friend! You helped turn me into this!
-->'''Cassie''': Are you nuts? You were to weak to be anything but ''that''! You couldn't handle being Wonder Girl!

** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': ''Judgment In Infinity'', Diana becomes flabbergasted when the Adjudicator reveals he was given permission to play with several worlds on the condition that he does not bother his "overseers" again. It turns out that the so-called, self-appointed judge of worlds is a crazy loony who his minders do not want to put up with.
-->'''Wonder Woman''': Mad! I see it all now-- You're mad! Your "overseers"-- are some kind of cosmic keepers assigned to keep you from hurting yourself!\\

** In ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman'', the titular villain attempts to murder Supergirl after framing her for murder and finds she's bitten more than she can chew. Superwoman asks for mercy but she only gets an enraged retort in return:
--->'''Supergirl:''' You're asking for mercy? Like Agent Liberty got?! Like poor Mister Henderson!? Like my father!? You don't deserve mercy, you deserve a beating!

* In ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' storyline ''[[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Judgment In Infinity]]'', Diana becomes flabbergasted when the Adjudicator reveals he was given permission to play with several worlds on the condition that he does not bother his "overseers" again. It turns out that the so-called, self-appointed judge of worlds is a crazy loony who his minders do not want to put up with.

* In ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' storyline ''ComicBook/JudgmentInInfinity'', Diana becomes flabbergasted when the Adjudicator reveals he was given permission to play with several worlds on the condition that he does not bother his "overseers" again. It turns out that the so-called, self-appointed judge of worlds is a crazy loony who his minders do not want to put up with.

--> '''[[spoiler: Ozymandias]]''': I've read and seen enough to know you're tripping over your own capes, playing a game of tag, while the world falls apart. You've put these people through hell. [[CrapsackWorld Your world is worse off than mine ever was]]. Look at the sheer number of people you lost in the narrative of Good versus Bad. Wandering aimlessly in a fog of self-righteousness. You're so busy putting these "super-villains" into [[CardboardPrison prisons with revolving doors]], [[ReedRichardsIsUseless you've ignored the world's real problems]]. And now you're caught in this vicious cycle of entertaining yourselves. You cling to a simplistic morality based on pulp heroes. I wonder. [[spoiler: Is that why Jon came here? To observe the futility of your colorful lives? Or did he come here believing he would blend in?]] I weaned my world off gasoline and oil. I cured famine and disease. I negotiated nuclear disarmament. I turned the world upside down. [[IDidWhatIHadToDo I did whatever I had to, to try and save it.]] And, yes, I failed. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion But what have you tried to do to make this world a better place?]]

* In ''[Franchise/GreenLantern]'' ''[ComicBook/GreenLanternRebirth]'' John Stewart gave one to Franchise/{{Batman}} after the latter, who had up to that point in the story had been drawn completely in shadow, badmouths Hal one too many times.

* In ''ComicBook/AquaMan'' Rebirth Issue 64 ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} insults Ocean Master after he demands ComicBook/{{Mera}} to relinguish the throne to himself:
-->'''Ocean Master:''' '''You were not born for this!'''
-->'''Aquaman:''' Theeeere he is! '''There's''' the Orm we all know! You're not a grand diplomat. You're a '''jealous little boy.''' Forever bitter you don't get to play '''king.''' You blame me. You blame Mera... but you know the truth. It wasn't '''us.''' It was '''you.''' '''You''' weren't strong enough.

* In ''ComicBook/BatmanEternal'' Jason Bard lost his partner/lover to a Batman wannabe ruining a drug bust. Now, after working with Hush to become Gotham's police commissioner, Bard sets a trap that smashes up the Batmobile. He's delighted...until he sees the cops on the roof glaring at him in disgust and then walking away.
-->'''Bard''': You don't understand, Harvey.
-->'''Harvey Bullock''': Guys like you? I don't want to understand.

-->'''Bard''': You go out there and you don't see the effect you have on the world. I see it! I've lived it. There wasn't a single life lost tonight because of what I—-
-->'''Batman''': Three stabbings. Eight shootings. A young woman was beaten to death by a mugger six blocks away from here. The officers you assigned to this foolish display of force are just getting the calls now. Far too late for ''you'' to do anything!

'''Oliver Queen:''' Roy, listion—\\